Any person who cannot see Natural Gas (Gas) and Gas-To-Power (GTP) as the short- to medium-term solution to South Africa’s energy crisis is either unaware or ill-informed. South Africa’s energy…
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I have recently been assisting a South African mining company with its business, corporate contracts and, in particular, documentation related to its capital raise. In general terms, this particular mining…
Last week I wrote an article titled “OIL AND GAS SOUTH AFRICA: WE STILL GETTING IT WRONG”. Based on the responses to the article, it is appropriate that we consider…
Two interesting recent developments in the South African oil and gas industry have been the Minister’s decision to lift the moratorium on new oil and gas rights applications and the…
Winners of the 2014 Africa investor Infrastructure Investment Awards announced at the Ai Infrastructure Investment Summit in Nigeria. Abuja, Lagos, Nigeria; Johannesburg, South Africa; 6 May 2014: Africa investor (Ai),…
BBP Law Inc. reviews the fiscal and legal “must haves” for foreign IOC’s doing business in South Africa The South African oil and gas industry has over the last six…
The newly appointed Minister of Mineral Resources has recently commented on the prospect that the oil and gas and mining sectors, both of which are regulated under the Mineral and…
With the release of the Preliminary Information Memorandum (PIM) by the Department of Energy on 3 October 2016, the foundation for South Africa’s gas to power infrastructure development has been…
On 1 November 2016, our legislature, the national assembly, voted in favour of sending the MPRDA AB up the ladder to the National Council of Provinces (“NCOP”) for further action…
1 Describe, in general terms, the key commercial aspects of the oil sector in your country. The history of South Africa’s oil industry dates to 1884, when the first oil…
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